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(No Model.)

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BOX FOR PACKING GLOAKS, M.

No. 389,809. Patented Sept. 1.1, 1888.

CHARLES IV. IJEIVIS,

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOX FOR PACKING CLOAKS, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,309, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

(No model.)

T 0 all whom it 72mg concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. LEWIS, of the city and county of NewYork, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Boxes for Packing Cloaks and other Garments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Although my invention may be applied to boxes for packing garmentsgenerally, it is more particularly intended to be embodied in broad andshallow straw-board or paperboard boxes for packing plush cloaks, as itis desirable to prevent such cloaks from creasing or moving in theboxes. In packing such cloaks a single one is usually placed in each boxand tied therein at opposite ends, or secured in a similar manner, so asto prevent movement thereof in the box.

The invention consists in the combination, with a straw-board orpaper-board box having in its walls slits, of staples having their armsbent laterally in opposite directions and inserted from the outside ofthe box, the bow of the staple extending into the box to provide fortying therein a. string or tape sewed on a garment packed in the box,and the said arms having a broad bearing on the outer surface of the boxto afford support to the staple.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an openbox embodying my invention and containing a cloak. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a portion of one of the ends, showing a loop orstaple applied thereto; and Fig. 53 is a view similar to Fig. 2, butshowing a loop or staple as passed not only through the wall of the box,but through a washer or piece on which the transverse arms bear andwhich is interposed between such arms and the wall of the box, therebymaterially strengthening the hold which the devices have in the wall ofthe box.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

A designates the garment, which is packed within the box without beingfolded in its length and which has at opposite ends tapes or strings b.I have here represented a tape. or string, 1), at the neck of thegarment and two such tapes or strings at the foot or skirt. In the slitsI) in the walls of the box are secured staples c, which are best shownin Figs. 2 and 3. These are inserted from the outside through the endwall, B or B, of the box and have transversely extending arms 0 ofconsiderable length, which lie upon the outside of the box and have along bearing on the end wall.

In order to strengthen the hold which the arms 0 have upon the wall ofthe box, I may employ a washer or strengthening-piece, D, as representedin Fig. 3, and which may be of wood, straw-board, or other material.This piece D is slotted or slitted similar to the end wall of the boxand the loop or staplec insorted through it, said piece being interposedbetween the exterior of the end wall and the arm 0. After the loops ordevices 0 are inserted, a covering of paper, 6, may be pasted on theexterior of the end wall of the box in order to cover the arms a, andnot only improve the appearance of the box, but also prevent the devicesor staples c from detachment therefrom. This covering a is shown in Fig.2; butin the main view, Fig. 1, itis omitted in order to show moreclearly the construction of the devices 0.

It will be observed that the slots or slits b in the end walls of thebox are nearer the bottom than thetop, and this is desirable, becausethe strain comes upon the end walls near the bottom and at a point wherethey are most effectively held by the bottom against deflection, and thecloak or garment A is thus more strongly held and retained in place thanwould be the case if the eyes or loops or de vices 0 were near the opentop of the box.

I am aware that it is not new to secure fruit and various othersubstances and articles within a box orcrate by tying them at oppositewalls of a box or crate, and boxes have been provided with wooden railsor bars, around which strings attached to the articles to be transportedhave been tied. I therefore do not seek to cover, broadly, a paper orstraw board cloak-box provided at opposite ends with means or devices towhich the tapes upon the cloak or garment may be tied, but only seek tocover the very limited construction herein shown, which possesses manyadvantages. The staples a have their ends bent to form long arms, may bevery cheaply made, or may be purchased in the open market, and

all that is necessary to attach them and secure l them in place toreceive through them the tapes upon the garment is to simply slit theends of the paper-board or straw-board box and insert the staples fromthe outside through such slits. This forms a very desirable combinationfor the purpose. Inasmuch as the paper-board orstraw-board box is veryfragile and easily torn, it is obvious that an eye secured therein byriveting would be liable to tear away from the wall of the box, andinasmuch as the staples 0 have broad arms which bear directly againstthe outside of the end walls of the box the tapes upon the garment maybe tied in said staples with sufiicient ti ghtness to insure theposition of the garment without danger of tearing the staples loose fromthe walls of the box.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the straw-board or paper-board box having slits Z"in its walls, of staples having their arms bentlaterally in oppositedirections and inserted through said slits from the outside of the box,the bow of the staple extending into the box to provide for tyingtherein a string or tape sewed to a garment packed in the box, and thesaid arms having a broad bearing on the outer surface of the box toafford supportto the staple, substantially as herein described.

CHARLES WV. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

C. HALL, FREDK. HAYNES.

